capping

American  

[kap-ing] / ˈkæp ɪŋ /

noun

Mining.

1. overburden.

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Etymology

Origin of capping

cap ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The Justice Department’s top antitrust official said on Thursday that she is leaving her job, capping a rocky year in which she clashed with senior officials who at times favored more lenient oversight of mergers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The City Council has put in place new eviction protections for tenants, while also capping the size of rent increases in the city’s “rent stabilized” apartments, which were mostly built before October 1978.

From Los Angeles Times

Consumer inflation picked up in December, but factory-gate prices remained in contraction, capping another year marked by persistent deflationary pressures and weak domestic demand.

From The Wall Street Journal

Softer margins have been a major worry for Wall Street for a while now, so don’t be surprised if that figure ends up capping the stock’s gains.

From Barron's

WASHINGTON—A former Federal Reserve official was found not guilty Tuesday of conspiring to share confidential central-bank information with Chinese intelligence officers, capping a case that featured spycraft, online seduction and a blackmail scam.

From The Wall Street Journal

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